(a) (indicating possession: it is common to use 's in English if the possessor is a person or animal) of; la maison ~ Jean Jean's house; la cuisine ~ Marie Marie's cooking; la queue du cheval the horse's tail; la queue des chevaux, les queues des chevaux the horses' tails; les troncs des arbres the tree trunks, the trunks of the trees

(b) (indicating parts of something: a compound is often common in English) of, on; les fenêtres de la maison the windows of the house, the windows on the house, the house windows

(c) (with containers or quantities) of; une tasse ~ thé a cup of tea; un kilo ~ pommes a kilo of apples

(d) (in forming compounds: noun plus noun compound often possible in English) of; un chauffeur ~ camionnette a lorry driver, a truck driver

(e) (indicating movement) from; je viens ~ Londres I come from London; mon ami ~ Paris my friend from Paris

(f) (indicating material: using an adjective or compound is common in English) made of, made out of, in (frm); une table de bois a wooden table, a table made out of wood, a table in wood (frm); une robe de soie a silk dress; un vase de cristal a crystal vase

(g) (in constructions with particular verbs: look up the verb in question) décider ~ qch to decide on sth; décider ~ faire qch to decide to do sth

(h) (with adjectives: translation can depend on the adjective) about, of, with, at; content ~ qch happy with sth, happy about sth; content ~ faire qch happy to do sth, happy about doing sth

(i) (with parts of body) with; de la main/tête with one's hand/head; dire non ~ la tête to shake one's head; dire oui ~ de la tête to nod one's head; d'un ton agressif in (or) with an agressive tone of voice

(a) (combined with definite article) some; (in interrogative) some, any; du lait some milk; du fromage some cheese; de la confiture some jam; des fraises some strawberries; voulez-vous des fraises? do you want some strawberries?, do you want any strawberries?

(b) (in negative) any; (with singular noun) a; (combined with phrase 'at all') any; je ne veux pas ~ fraises I don't want any strawberries; je n'ai pas ~ petite amie I don't have a girlfriend; il n'a pas de voiture he doesn't have a car; il n'a pas ~ voiture du tout he hasn't got a car at all, he doesn't have any car at all

(c) (partitive: with another determiner) some of; j'ai bu ~ ce vin I've had some of this wine; le chien a mangé ~ mon gâteau the dog's had some of my cake

(a) ~ (à jouer) dice, die (frm); ~s dice; jouer aux ~s to play dice

(b) (Cookery etc) dice; en ~s diced carrot

(c) ~ (à coudre) thimble; (Slang) fingers-up sign; (Slang) faire un ~ à coudre à qn to give sb the fingers-up (sign)